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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807946603321

Autore

Sánchez Laws Ana Luisa

Titolo

Museum websites and social media : issues of participation, sustainability, trust, and diversity / / Ana Luisa Sánchez Laws

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78238-869-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Collana

Museums and Collections

Disciplina

069.02854678

Soggetti

Communication in museums

Social media

Museums - Social aspects

Museums and the Internet

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Museum Websites and Social Media ; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: History and Theory ; Chapter 1 Museums Online, from -Repositories to Forums ; Chapter 2 Digital Heritage and Sustainability ; Chapter 3 Trusting the Online Museum ; Part II: Practice ; Chapter 4 A Practical Social Media Primer for Museum Staff ; Chapter 5 A Survey of Museum Social Media ; Part III: Cases ; Chapter 6 The Museum of London (MOL) ; Chapter 7 The Museum of World Culture (Världskulturmuseet) and the Carlotta Portal

Chapter 8 Comparing Off-- and Online Aboriginal, Indigenous and 'Ethnic' Representations in -MuseumsPart IV: Futures ; Chapter 9 Augmenting the Garden of Australian Dreams at the National Museum of Australia ; Chapter 10 Cultural Interfaces to -Environmental Data at the Questacon National Science Centre, Aust; Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Online activities present a unique challenge for museums as they harness the potential of digital technology for sustainable development, trust building, and representations of diversity. This volume offers a holistic picture of museum online activities that can serve as a starting point for cross-disciplinary discussion. It is a



resource for museum staff, students, designers, and researchers working at the intersection of cultural institutions and digital technologies. The aim is to provide insight into the issues behind designing and implementing web pages and social media to serve the broadest range of museum stakeholders.